Brace for fence-posts.



B. JONES. BRAGE FOB FENCE POSTS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1910. RENEWED OUT. 29, 1912.

Patented Dec. 17,1912.

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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BYRON JONES, or PORTLAND, INDIANA.

. BItAon FOR FENCE-POSTS;

Application filed September 24, 1910, Serial No. 583,675.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON J ONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Jay and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bracesfor Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willfenable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same. 7 I

My invention relates to braces for fence posts designed for tightening fence wires and straightening up fence posts.

My object is to provide a brace for this purpose which is simple in construction and yet more, efficient and easier to operate than those now in common use.

. The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and specified in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invenvtion: Figure 1 is a side view of the fence post with my brace applied thereto, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 designates a fence post which may be of any desired material or construction. The brace comprises an inclined rod or tube 2, a base plate 3, an anchor rod 1 attached at one end to said base plate and carrying at its other end a chain 5, and a lever or crow bar 6. The base plate has upon its upper surface two parallel and longitudinally extending racks 7 between which are arranged a series of sockets or perforations 8 which are preferably staggered in order to provide for closer adjustments. The anchor rod 4 may be attached to thebase plate in any suit able manner, such as by the link 9 and hook 10 illustrated. The other end of said anchor bar is connected to the base of the post 1 by means of the chain 5 which is looped around the base of said post.

The inclined rod 2, which is preferably made tubular, is equipped on its upper end Specification of Letters Patent.

Renewed October 29, 1912. Serial No. 728,441.

with a cast metal collar 12 adapted to'engage the side of the fence post with the upper end thereof for preventing said bar from slipping thereon. The lower end of the rod 2 carriesa forkedmember 13 having two tines 14 spaced apart a distance equal to the space between the racks 7' on the base plate. When the brace is in use, the ends of'the tines of the fork are engaged with said racks. The lever or crowbaro is then introduced between the tines of the fork, the lower end of i the construction and cheapness thereof also recommends it to those skilled in this art.

I claim: I In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a base plate having parallel racks extending longitudinally thereof and a series of sockets ar- Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

ranged in staggered rows intermediate of said racks, of means to anchor said plate to the base of a post, a brace bar adapted to engage the upper portion of the post at its upper end, said brace bar being forked at its lower end with the tines of the fork adapted to engage said racks, and a lever adapted to engage said fork and the sockets in the base for the purposespecified.

Intestimony whereof, 'I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

W. M. SKiNNnn, JAMIES C. WALTZ.

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Washington, D. O. i 

